Friday, November 25, 2011

Wishing you all a very happy holiday weekend! Hope your Thanksgiving was relaxing and enjoyable! To celebrate this very special weekend, I'm having a sale in my shop. From now till Monday, enter GIVETHANKS in the check out and recieve 15% off everything in my shop! It's a great time to stock up on patterns and kits especially if you love giving handmade gifts!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

I've been working on a new Paper Doll Set and have a few more outfits to colour before she'll be ready. Here's a sneak peek so far...

My plan is to make a little book which will be similar to my colouring book which you can see here. The cover will be made with a sturdy, heavy weight Bristol paper and will be printed with the paper doll itself. I'm not sure yet whether she'll be on the front or back cover as I might do a little pic of her on the front dressed in an outfit. The pages on the inside will contain all the dresses and accessories that I've chosen from the ones above and will be printed on medium weight, acid free drawing paper. I'm looking forward to finishing them up and having them ready for my shop by the weekend.

For those of you who've been following the story of our sweet Little Miss, thank you all for your thoughts and prayers! We had to take her back in to the vet's on Monday night as her incision had opened up and they ended up having to re-stitch her. Today, I noticed a hard lump running along the entire right side of the incision about as thick as my little finger. So, once hubby gets home, we'll be taking her back in to make sure it's not something serious. I must say that she is looking good, eating well and is as pert and playful as ever, so hopefully everything will be fine!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Our dear Little Miss went in for surgery this morning to be spayed. A few hours later, I got a call from the vet saying that they had accidentally cut into her intestines whilst they were opening her up. Though they did their best to sew up the hole, there is a possibility of it opening back up again and allowing toxins to seep into her abdomen. She will be spending the night there so they can monitor her and I'm hoping that all goes well and we can bring her home by the weekend. My mind has been in a turmoil all afternoon and I just have to pray that she'll have no complications.

The pic above was taken this past weekend. She loves to climb on our shoulders and is such a snuggle-bum! Please excuse us, we're still in our PJ's and scruffy beard:)

I did manage to get an order finished today and am hoping to take a break from custom orders for a while. I'm feeling a bit overdone and really haven't had a day off from sewing for months.

These little pixies and tag-alongs are off to France as a special gift for Christmas. I love how the bunny turned out in blue!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Happy Monday everyone! I've been super busy all weekend working on many, many orders and also celebrating my youngest son's 17th birthday. My, how time flies!! We had a lovely get-together yesturday with our family and will be going out for dinner tonight to his favourite restaurant.. Looking forward to that!

Just wanted to share some of the things I've been working on lately.

Two pixies that are almost done and a new design for a cloth doll similar to the Damsel Dolls I made last year. You can see Georgina here. Unfortunately, I have misplaced the original pattern for these dolls, so have re-designed one on paper that I can't wait to try! I think that if they turn out well, I will offer the pattern in my shop. These would have the option of having hand embroidered faces or hand painted ones and would be made from unbleached muslin. I'm so excited to get started on them!

I had a lovely request from a friend on Facebook for two sets of my Paper Doll collections as well as a Lullaby Lamb. These will be gifts for his nieces for Christmas. I forgot how much work went into putting these little ladies together! Thankfully, my dearest hubby helped me cut them all out - should've got a pic of him doing it!! I don't think he was too impressed but did a wonderful job anyway!

And here's the lamb, slightly different to the original Lullaby Lamb. I like to keep every item I remake original, so no two are ever alike.

Well, gotta get back to work, hope you all have a very nice week!
hugs,
~Shelly

Monday, November 7, 2011

Today I'm very happy to introduce a little colouring book I've been working on and let you all know that it's available in my shop.

This sweet little book features 16 adorable animal prints for your little one to color. For a limited time, each book will include a set of eight mini pencil crayons (while supplies last) which are enclosed in a re-sealable plastic envelope.

Here's a sneak peek inside:

Each set will be packaged in a re-sealable plastic bag to keep things organized.

I'm also happy to say that my Gingermelon Men patterns are now available. These can be made into ornaments or brooches and are delightfully easy to make!

﻿And, lastly, I finally got my order of felt in the mail today, so, for those of you who requested the Tag-Along Doll and Bear kits, they're now available too!

What could be nicer than finding one of these tucked inside a stocking on Christmas morning, all ready to cut and sew up over the holidays?

Friday, November 4, 2011

These little guys measure just over 3 inches tall and are made from a wool blend felt. Each has a hand embroidered face and I've appliqued teensy pink cheeks on beneath their eyes. Seed beads encircle their 'wrists' and 'ankles' and a pretty bow made from seam binding ties about their necks. The one in the middle is a brooch and the two on the ends are hanging ornaments.

And here's what they look like on my mini feather tree. I'm hoping to have the patterns for these little sweeties available this weekend.

Little Ladies

Little Lady wearing a Blythe Animal Bonnet

Binky Boos

Cloud Pillows

Mini Bunny - Free Tutorial

International Dolls WIP

Charlie Chaplin

Paper Dolls - Free Download

Anime Stufflings

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My life is lived to the fullest! I cram as much as I can into a day, and often find that there's still not enough time to do all the things I love doing! I'm a work-at-home mom of two handsome young men and wife to a dear, patient, loving man who puts up with all my fabrics, dolls, bears and other oddities which are slowly taking up every inch of our very tiny apartment!